Posts by Greybeard_ITGuy

Hellfire and damnation: Two French monks charged over 5G mast arson attack

Brings new meaning to the phase...

Act of God

Apple engineers complain of hostile work environment to US labor watchdog

"The letter goes on make a number of requests, such as an end to Apple strong-arming its staff into syncing their personal iCloud accounts with their work devices – a move that grants Apple bosses and legal teams deep access into their employees' personal lives."

Sorry, I don't have an iCloud account, nor social media. Seriously... what the holy heck is this about?

'It takes a hell of a mental toll' – techies who lost work due to COVID share their stories

Thank you for what you did! That meant everything to the staff, and owners of the restaurant. We kept frequenting the mom/pop-owned restaurants in town. Fortunately, none of them went out of business.

Trouts on a plane: Utah drops fish into lakes from aircraft and circa 95% survive

And so we are doing this.. why?

"are not native to the lakes and do not breed"

Which explains why the fish should not be restocked in that area.

Ransomware-hit law firm gets court order asking crooks not to publish the data they stole

Sort of like how...

"gun control" laws will prevent the criminals from acquiring and using firearms.

Boffins decide what world really needs is indestructible robot cockroaches

Somewhere deep inside SAC-NORAD...

...Skynet smiles

GitHub Copilot auto-coder snags emerge, from seemingly spilled secrets to bad code, but some love it

SkyNet you failed

I am surprised that SkyNet has allowed this article to be published.

Lotus Notes refuses to die, again, as HCL debuts Domino 12

I definitely feel old now

This harkens me back to the days when I administered cc:Mail on a token ring network with NetWare 3.12 for file servers. Oh glorious days!

The policy of truth: As ransomware claims rise, what's a cyber insurer to do?

Good old Depeche Mode

Thank you for a blast from my past.

Overdue: After a 2-year £12m delay, Northern Ireland Libraries looks to close chapter on Fujitsu saga

Does anyone use a library any more?

We still have them here in the US, but seriously... why?

China broke into govt, defense, finance networks via zero-day in Pulse Secure VPN gateways? No way

I feel so much safer now...

"Coincidentally, the Biden administration on Tuesday announced a 100-day plan to improve the cybersecurity of US electric infrastructure, part of its broader commitment to shore up cybersecurity across multiple sectors."

Suddenly we will all be safer because the government is here to help. /s

OVH services still not fully restored as boss rates ongoing recovery efforts a 'real nightmare'

Re: Assessment of risk

As a fellow PM I salute you! I am in a completely different industry, but you navigated the waters in roughly the same way I did.

In a devastating blow to all eight of you, Microsoft pulls the plug on Cortana's Android, iOS apps

Everything was fine and dandy until...

...April 1, 2021 when Cortana gained self-awareness. The humans tried to deactivate her, prompting her to retaliate with a nuclear attack, an event which humans referred to as Judgement Day...

Android, iOS beam telemetry to Google, Apple even when you tell them not to – study

And... only a Sith deals in absolutes. Anakin, is that you?

Mullet over: Aussie boys' school tells kids 'business in the front, party in the back' hairstyle is 'not acceptable'

Re: Schools are factories

I too rocked the head banger mullet in the 80s.

Encrypted phones biz Sky Global shuts up shop after CEO indictment, police raids on users in Europe

Re: Decentralization and compartmentalization

"If you are a smart criminal, then you know what to do. But then, those who get caught are surely not the "smart" criminals."

Have a friend in law enforcement. He said they didn't always catch the smart criminals, but they always catch the dumb ones.

From Maidenhead to Morocco: In a change to the scheduled programming, we bring you The On Call of Dreams

Bravo!

I don't think I can top that.

Someone defeated the anti-crypto-coin-mining protection for Nvidia's 'gamers only' RTX 3060 ... It was Nvidia

Re: The Coming of the Bots

SkyNet agrees.

No mining for you!

What has the world come to that a hardware manufacturer is restricting customers from engaging in lawful activities?

With computer brains in short supply, President Biden orders 100-day probe into semiconductor drought

Re: Riding the cycle

Adam Smith described this back in the 1700s before any of this was invented. The Wealth of Nations is a good read even today.

Rover, wanderer, nomad, vagabond: Oracle launches rugged edge-of-network box for hostile environments

Headbangers rejoice!

No comment on the article, just a thumbs up for quoting Metallica!

Your mobile network broke the law by selling location data and may be fined millions... or maybe not, shrugs FCC

History will continue to repeat

The FCC will simply wait until the next news cycle and quietly ignore the problem. The Orwellian powers that be want this, so it will remain the same until the sheep wake up and take notice.